Kyle Busch is NASCAR’s most polarizing driver on the track, and it’s not even close. For many racing fans, they either love him, hate him or love to hate him, and that was clear Sunday after the Auto Club 400 when they took to Twitter to defend or criticize his post-race actions.

“The one thing that I’ve learned over the last several years — even before I quit driving — was the sport needs people like Kyle. Even if you don’t like the guy, the sport needs all kinds of personalities, and we can’t have 40 heros out there racing.

“We can’t have 40 Captain Americas out there competing against each other. You gotta have a Batman, you gotta have a Robin, you gotta have a Superman, you gotta have a Joker. You gotta have all of that to create storylines and create rivalries.”

He also pointed out how Busch has been building his brand over the years, catering to his loyal fans in “Rowdy Nation” and firing back at his critics, which makes his fans love him even more.

Junior also praised Busch for being active on social media — which Earnhardt is also good at — whether it’s while he’s talking racing, his family or showing off his personality. It fuels storylines in NASCAR and keeps things interesting, he said.

“The Kyle Busch on social media after the race — giving the haters hell, talking smack — I wouldn’t want him to change. I think there will always be that little bit of him that gets under your skin a little bit, and that’s good. Like I said, we don’t need 40 Supermans and Batmans out there racing against each other. We’ve gotta have different personalities, and we’ve gotta have villains and black hats, and good guys and bad guys, and blue collar and white collar. We’ve gotta have a lot of different styles and personalities out there — guys from all over the country with a little twist to each of one of them. And Kyle definitely brings that. The more we see that with social media and so forth, the better it is for the sport. …

“He’s turning that tide a little bit from him just being a real (expletive) to actually being a human being,” Earnhardt said. “He’s human, and he’s gonna make errors and he’s gonna have things that you don’t agree with or like, but he’s a human and I think that’s good.”

Junior explained why Kyle Busch is good for the sport whether you love him or hate him.

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